Fools' Crusade

Yugoslavia, NATO and Western Delusions

Häftad, Engelska, 2002

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Beskrivning

In the endless series of United States military interventions, the 'humanitarian' bombing of Yugoslavia played a key role in gaining support of the centre left for war as an instrument of policy. Thanks to massive deception and self-deception by media and politicians, even the anti-globalisation movement failed to grasp the implications of the aggressive military globalisation pursued by the United States, from Iraq to Afghanistan and beyond. In this study, Diana Johnstone identifies the common geopolitical interests running through all these past, present and future military interventions. She argues persuasively that outside intervention creates rather than solves problems and cannot be justified. Johnstone shows that the 'War in Kosovo' was in reality the model for future destruction of countries seen as potential threats to the hegemony of the 'International Community', led by the United States.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2002-09-20
Mått:135 x 215 x 14 mm
Vikt:400 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:328
Förlag:Pluto Press
ISBN:9780745319506

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Diana Johnstone is a distinguished essayist and columnist, who writes frequently for CounterPunch and ZNet among many high-profile publications in Europe and the US. She is the author of Fools' Crusade: Yugoslavia, NATO and Western Delusions (Pluto, 2002). Her articles on the Balkans have been translated in many European languages. She lives in Paris.

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'A 'must' book for progressives, and for anybody who wants to cut through the remarkable structure of disinformation regarding the Kosovo war. An excitingly original and powerful book'

Innehållsförteckning

IntroductionChapter One: The Yugoslav Guinea Pig 1. Invisible Serbia2. Invisible Economic Causes3. Invisible Croatia4. Greater Serbia or Smaller Yugoslavia?5. Integrating Europe, Disintegrating Yugoslavia6. Multicultural Bosnia Versus Multicultural YugoslaviaChapter Two: Moral Dualism In A Multicultural World1. Manichean Media2. Creating Public Opinion3. The Uses of Rape4. Criminalizing the Rogues5. Presumed Guilty Until Proven Innocent6. The Long Arm of GlobalizationChapter Three: Comparative Nationalisms1. From State-Building to State-Breaking2. Slovenia: the End of Solidarity3. Croatian Nationalism: the End of YugoslavismChapter Four: The Making Of Empires 1. Germany Is Born Again2. Reclaiming the Habsburg HeritageChapter Five: The New Imperial Model1. Albanians: A People In Search of an Empire2. Victims and Vengeance 3. The Triumph of Hatred4. Democracy in the New World OrderPostscript: Perpetual War1. The Idealisation of War2. The Real Existing New World OrderNotesIndex